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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451019 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190405 1
In the Drosophila antenna, different subtypes of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) housed in the same sensory hair (sensillum) can inhibit each other non-synaptically. However, the mechanisms underlying this underexplored form of lateral inhibition remain unclear. Here we use recordings from pairs of sensilla impaled by the same tungsten electrode to demonstrate that direct electrical ("ephaptic") interactions mediate lateral inhibition between ORNs. Intriguingly, within individual sensilla, we ...[more]